A. Taking up their cause with the government
B. Providing free legal assistance to needy persons
C. Providing them necessary funds to contest elections
D. All the above measures
Related Mcqs:
- “Where political parties are weak in principle and organisation, the pressure groups will flourish; where political parties are strong, pressure groups will be curbed”. Who made the above observation?
A. Barker
B. Bryce
C. Herman Finer
D. Harold Laski - Who defined state as “a community of persons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a difinite portion of territory independent or nearly so of external control, and possessing an organized government to which the great body of inhabitants render habitual obedience”?
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Garner
C. MacIver
D. Holland - The system under which there are more than two political parties which predominantly control political situation is called:
A. Multi-party system
B. Single party system
C. Bi-party system
D. Dominant party system - The political parties are generally formed on the basis of: __________?
A. Common interests
B. Common economic and political principles
C. Common group interests
D. All the above - Political parties are generally formed on the basis of: __________?
A. Religious principles
B. Common interests
C. Economic and political principles
D. Caste - Who said that a ‘political party is a voluntary association of people for the purpose of attaining political power’:
A. Gettell
B. MacIver
C. G.C.Field
D. Finer - “If political leadership fails to emerge, there is likelihood of military taking over power in developing countries. Radical student groups or labour may try to raise revolution but they are not likely to compete with the military. Military intervention, rule and withdrawal from politics is clearly related to a society’s level of political development.” In the context of Political Development the assumption in the above passage is that:
A. Political leadership is not an effective instrument
B. Military intervention is inevitable for development
C. National integration results from military intervention
D. Military is an agent of social change - Name the constitution by which the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) and Provincial Service Commissions were established?
A. 1956
B. 1962
C. 1973
D. None of them - Who described political parties as ‘power behind the throne’?
A. MacIver
B. Lord Bryce
C. Burke
D. Herman Finer - Political parties are undermocratic in so far as: ____________?
A. They try to contest elections and capture power
B. They criticise the policies of the government
C. They try to implement their programme once they come into power
D. They do not permit their members to express their views independently
